Dalley Homers Twice In 19-14 Win Against VMI

Wednesday, May 22

Greenville, S.C.

7 p.m.

Mercer University

27-27

VMI

27-29

Mercer

VMI

5/22/2024 11:22:00 PM | Baseball

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GREENVILLE, S.C -- Sophomore Ty Dalley put together an outstanding outing at the plate Wednesday, hitting two homers to help propel the Mercer Bears (27-27, 6-14 SoCon) over the VMI Keydets (27-29, 7-14 SoCon) 19-14.

Junior Colton Cosper started on the mound and picked up the win for Mercer. The southpaw went five innings, giving up six runs, all of them earned, on eight hits, allowing one walk and striking out three. Junior Jeb Johnson also made an impact on the mound for the Bears, throwing one scoreless inning while allowing one hit, with no walks and one strikeout.

Dalley went 3-for-6 at the plate, supplementing his two home runs with five RBIs. Junior Bradley Frye added to Dalley's awesome power-hitting performance by going 4-for-6 with a double, a home run and four RBI along with one walk. Senior Conner Todaro also helped out for the Bears, going 3-for-4 with a home run and three RBI.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Bradley Frye opened up the game with a two-RBI home run in the first inning and added two more RBI in his next at bat. The Bears scored in the first five innings and reached a game-high 18-3 lead in the fifth inning before VMI began to cut into the lead. The Bears scored one more run in the seventh inning on an RBI single from Zach Thomas. Forty combined hits is the most hits in a Southern Conference tournament game. Mercer's 22 hits was the most since a 19-0 first round win over VMI in 2018.

GAME NOTES
» The Bears got two home runs off the bat of Dalley.
» Frye compiled four hits on the day for Mercer.
» The Bears had both Dalley and Frye crush multiple extra-base hits in the ballgame.
» Dalley and Frye drove in at least four runs for Mercer.
» Every Mercer starter reached base safely in the win.
» Mercer's highest scoring inning was the fifth, when it pushed six runs across.
» Mercer took a 3-1 lead in the top half of the first and didn't surrender that lead for the remainder of the game.
» Eight Bears had multiple hits in the ballgame.
» Mercer hitters hit five homers in the ballgame.
» The Bears had a total of 22 hits.
» The Bears out-hit the Keydets at a 22-18 clip.
» Mercer went 7-for-20 (.350) with runners in scoring position.
» Mercer pitchers faced 50 VMI hitters in the game, allowing five ground balls and 13 fly balls while striking out seven.
» The Bears drew six walks from VMI pitching.
» Dalley led the Bears at the plate, going 3-for-6 with two home runs and five RBI.
» VMI was led offensively by Justin Starke, who went 3-for-4 with a double, a triple and four RBI.
» Trey Morgan led the Keydets pitching staff, throwing 4.1 innings of two-run ball.